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¹ Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead ^(c)Joseph like ^(d)a flock.
You who are ^(e)enthroned upon the cherubim, ^(f)shine forth.
²     Before ^(g)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
^(h)stir up your might
    and ⁽ⁱ⁾come to save us!

^3 (j)Restore us,^[a] O God;
    ^(k)let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁴ O ^(l)Lord God of hosts,
    ^(m)how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
⁵ You have fed them with ⁽ⁿ⁾the bread of tears
    and given them tears to drink in full measure.
^6 (o)You make us an object of contention for our ^(p)neighbors,
    and our enemies laugh among themselves.

^7 (q)Restore us, O God of hosts;
    let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁸ You brought ^(r)a vine out of Egypt;
    you ^(s)drove out the nations and planted it.
⁹ You ^(t)cleared the ground for it;
    it took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹ It sent out its branches to ^(u)the sea
    and its shoots to ^(v)the River.^[b]
12 Why then have you ^(w)broken down its walls,
    so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
^13 (x)The boar from the forest ravages it,
    and all that move in the field feed on it.

¹⁴ Turn again, O God of hosts!
    ^(y)Look down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
¹⁵     the stock that your right hand planted,
    and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
¹⁶ They have ^(z)burned it with fire; they have ^(aa)cut it down;
    may they perish at ^(ab)the rebuke of your face!
¹⁷ But ^(ac)let your hand be on the man of your right hand,
    the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
¹⁸ Then we shall not turn back from you;
    ^(ad)give us life, and we will call upon your name!

^19 (ae)Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!
    Let your face shine, that we may be saved!